By Stephen Daniells

27/06/2006 - Drinking six or more cups of coffee every day could reduce the risk of developing type-2 diabetes by more than 20 per cent, says a new US study.

And if the coffee is decaffeinated, the reduction in risk rises to over 30 per cent – a result that suggests the benefits of coffee for this population group are not due to caffeine.

The scientists of the new study say that several large prospective studies have reported a beneficial link between coffee intake and the risk of type-2 diabetes, but conflicting reports exist in the literature as to the potential benefits, if any, of caffeine for the development of diabetes.

Classed as an epidemic by the World Health Organisation, at least 171m people worldwide suffer from diabetes, a figure likely to more than double to 366m by 2030. The American Diabetes Association estimates that at least 90 per cent of the 17m Americans diagnosed with diabetes have type 2.


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